AP PhotoMiguel Cabrera watches his three-run home run sail toward the seats in left field Sunday afternoon. Cabrera's home run gave the Tigers a 6-5 lead.

CLEVELAND -- The Detroit Tigers overcame injuries and ejections thanks to one huge swing of the bat from Miguel Cabrera.

But in the end, they could not hold on for a victory.

Cabrera hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon, but the Cleveland Indians rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull out a 7-6 victory over the Tigers.

The Tigers are now two games behind the Chicago White Sox as they head to Chicago for a makeup game Monday afternoon.

KEY TO THE GAMEWith a runner on second base and one out in the ninth, Carlos Santana
hit a ball to the wall in right field. Don Kelly made a leaping attempt
but couldn't gather the ball in before crashing into the wall. That
allowed the Indians to score the tying run and left Santana on third
base with just one out.

Valverde intentionally walked the next two hitters to load the bases. Lonnie Chisenhall then singled to right field to score the winning run.

TIGERS' HIGHLIGHTS-- The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a ball Brennan Boesch didn't hit even halfway back to the pitching mound. The bases were loaded when Boesch hit a ball right in front of the plate. The throw from pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez got past first baseman Casey Kotchman, and two runs scored. Boesch was given credit for an infield single with an error on Jimenez allowing another run to score.

-- The Tigers made it 3-0 in the third inning on an RBI single by Delmon Young. Jimenez intentionally walked Prince Fielder after a double by Cabrera, and Young made him pay the price.

-- Cabrera smashed a three-run home run in the seventh inning to erase a 5-3 deficit and give the Tigers a 6-5 lead. It was the 38th home run of the season for Cabrera, which tied his career high.

TIGERS' LOWLIGHTS
-- Rick Porcello walked the bases loaded in the first inning. He threw 22 pitches, just seven of them for strikes.

-- The Indians scored a pair of runs in the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 3-2. Jack Hannahan had a two-out double to the corner in right to put runners on second and third, and Shin-Soo Choo followed with a bloop single to left field that scored both runners.

-- Omar Infante was charged with an error on a grounder to second base with one one and nobody out in the fifth inning. The Indians eventually tied it at 3-3 when Russ Canzler singled on a ground ball that glanced off the glove of Porcello and into right field. The Tigers thought they had an inning-ending double play later in the inning, but Lonnie Chisenhall was ruled safe at first base, which allowed the Indians to take a 4-3 lead. Tigers manager Jim Leyland was ejected for arguing that call.

-- Alex Avila went down hard in the bottom of the sixth inning when he and Fielder collided while trying to catch a foul pop-up near the Tigers dugout. Avila hit the dirt and left the game shortly after that point after head athletic trainer Kevin Rand tended to him.

OTHER NOTES
-- Porcello escaped
the bases-loaded jam in the first thanks in part to a couple bad at-bats by Indians hitters. After
Porcello walked two consecutive hitters with one out, Carlos Santana
hit a fly ball to left field on the first pitch from Porcello. After
Porcello issued another walk to load the bases, Canzler made an out
on the first pitch he saw.

-- Porcello allowed four runs -- just two of them earned -- on eight hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out two.

-- The Indians scored a run in the sixth inning on yet another close
play at first. With Asdrubal Cabrera on second base, Miguel Cabrera made
a nice diving stop on a grounder by Santana. Cabrera threw to first from
his knees, and the throw was high. Fielder caught the ball and applied
the tag on Santana. It was unclear whether the first-base umpire felt that Fielder
missed the tag or whether he thought Santana was already on first when he was tagged, but
he ruled Santana safe. Fielder started to argue as Asdrubal Cabrera
raced home from second base to give the Indians a 5-3 lead.

-- The White Sox rolled to a 9-2 victory to complete a sweep of the Minnesota Twins.